For the first time since the 1970s, the best-selling car in Russia during any month is not a Lada. The No.1-selling car in the country last month was the Kia Rio, which outsold the Lada Granta 10,834 to 10,520, giving the Korean automaker the top-selling car in Russia for November.

Admittedly, the Lada Vesta sedan concept looked pretty aggressive to begin with. While it may need to be considerably toned down for production purposes (it previews a cheapo model not too dissimilar to a Dacia Logan, after all), they should stick with it all the way for the creation of a hypothetical coupe version.

Any self-respecting article about the Lada Niva needs to start by telling its age: the car is now nearly 38 years old, and while it has been improved over the years, there’s no denying it thoroughly looks its age. The latest raft of improvements aim to make it relevant for another few years, and with them, AutoVAZ also decided to change its name – they now call it Niva Urban.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced that it has inked a deal to take control of Russia’s largest automaker AvtoVAZ. The deal, which was agreed in 2012 and expected to be sealed this month, was completed on June 18, a Renault spokesman said.

AvtoVAZ, the largest carmaker in Russia, announced that it will cut 13,000 jobs at its main plant in Togliatti because of dwindling sales of Lada models. Controlled by the Renault Nissan Alliance, AvtoVAZ last year posted a loss and is trying to revive its business in tough economic environment amid the crisis over Ukraine.

Where is this world going to when Russian civilian drivers understand and abide by the law but police officers break the same road rules that they are supposed to enforce in order to protect their fellow citizens?

It turns out there's a little bit of Eric Cartman lurking inside everyone. As soon as this Russian woman realized the imminent threat of a crash, she was like, "Screw you guys, I'm going home" and swiftly jumped out of her man's (?) Lada.